Apple iPhone 5S vs HTC One: Spec comparison

Apple's iPhone 5S has some stiff competition with the HTC One, HTC's current flagship smartphone. The Android-based phone is larger but still very thin, and has consistently stood out as one of the two best Android phones currently available (the other being the Samsung Galaxy S4).

There's no question that the iPhone 5S is a smaller, slimmer phone, measuring just 7.6mm thick compared to the HTC One's 9.3mm profile. It's also significantly shorter, thinner, and lighter, too, weighing about three-quarters as much as the HTC One at 112 grams to 143 grams. Whether the iPhone 5S' smaller aluminium and glass body and 4in screen feels more comfortable than the HTC One's all-metal body and 4.7in screen will be a matter of personal taste.

The Retina display was once Apple's pride and joy for mobile devices, but it has lost its appeal on smartphones and small screens. The iPhone 5S' 4in Retina display has a 1,136 x 640 resolution for 326 pixels per inch.

The HTC One's 4.7in screen, on the other hand, has full 1080p resolution (1,920 x 1,080) for a pixel density of 468ppi. The HTC One's screen isn't just bigger, it's sharper, but the iPhone 5S boasts the higher resolution rear-facing camera at 8-megapixels compared to 4-megapixels. Both phones have 1080p front-facing cameras.

For sheer processing power, it will be hard to compare the iPhone 5S to anything until we test it. The phone uses Apple's new 64-bit A7 chip, which on paper could potentially outshine the HTC One's quad-core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, which has a 32-bit core.

One last important factor, of course, is the price – with the iPhone 5S costing you the usual £549 for a brand new Apple flagship phone. The HTC One’s price has been trending downwards, and you can now pick up the 16GB model for a much more wallet-friendly £380.